Make Your Own Game Tutorial I: Overview Of Program Structure

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Make Your Own Game Tutorial I: Overview of Program StructureWhat is RPG Maker VX Ace?But if it is simple enough for anyone to use,why do we need these tutorials?RPG Maker VX Ace is a game engine designed tomake 2D Roleplaying Games. RPG Maker VX Ace wascreated to be simple enough for anyone to use: You don’tneed any specialized programming knowledge to run it.The purpose of this series of tutorials is to give thepeople who read them a head start in making their owngame with RPG Maker. While you can learn on your own,and many people have, there are plenty of pitfalls that canbe easily avoided with a bit of information.All the aspects of creating an RPG can be controlledin RPG Maker VX Ace through a simple point and clickgraphical user interface.Throughout this series of tutorials, we will make asimple game from beginning to end, going into every partof the program needed to show how to make your owngame.With the use of this tutorial, you should be able tograsp the basics of using RPG Maker VX Ace faster, soyou can move on to exploring some of the more advanced,powerful options available to you.Before we get into making a game though, let’s take amoment to examine the basic structure of RPG Maker VXAce, and how each of the major components interacts, togive you a basic knowledge of terms used later on.RPG Maker VX Ace Editor Viewhttp://www.rpgmakerweb.com/1

Make Your Own Game Tutorial I: Overview of Program StructureRPG Maker VX Ace StructureRGSS3but the use of scripts made by other people is common.You can obtain premade scripts from fan blogs, online fancommunities, the RPG Maker Web Forum, or any numberof other places on the web.RGSS3 (Ruby Game Scripting System) is thelowest level structure of RPG Maker VX Ace that you asa developer have access to. It is a scripting language basedon the Ruby Programming Language that interprets everyother component of the game. Everything from how battlesrun to how the maps are drawn on the screen are controlledby the scripts.Most premade scripts are plug and play, you can justinsert them into the script editor and adjust the settingsbased on what you want.This series of tutorials will not cover the use of scripts,as they are more advanced than what we plan to cover,but it is important for you to be aware of their existence,especially when moving beyond this series into makingyour own game.RGSS3 is very powerful, allowing you to edit nearlyevery portion of the way your game works. Most users ofRPG Maker VX Ace will never edit the scripts themselves,http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/2

Make Your Own Game Tutorial I: Overview of Program StructureDatabaseActors: This tab is for creating and editing playable charactersfor your game. It defines the starting conditions of eachplayable character.The Database is where you create and edit most of thegameplay components of your game. It is organized intotabs, each holding a different category of components ofthe game. The tabs are listed to the right.Classes: This tab is for creating the classes used by yourplayable characters. Classes determine a character’s statgrowth as well as the skills they learn as they level up.Skills, Animations: The Skills tab is for creating the skillsused by both playable characters and by your enemies. TheAnimations tab is for creates the skills’ animations.Items, Weapons, Armors: These tabs are for creating the itemsand equipment that your heroes will find, use, and equip.Enemies, Troops: The Enemies tab is for creating the enemiesyour characters will fight, the Troops tab is for setting theminto the groups your characters will encounter.States: This tab is for creating the status effects that canaffect your characters and enemies.System, Terms: These tabs are used to set a lot of the standardsettings of the game, such as menu sound effects.Database: Class Tabhttp://www.rpgmakerweb.com/Common Events, Tilesets: These tabs will be covered later.3

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RPG Maker VX Ace is a game engine designed to make 2D Roleplaying Games. RPG Maker VX Ace was created to be simple enough for anyone to use: You don’t need any specialized programming knowledge to run it. All the aspects of creating an RPG can be controlled in RPG Maker VX Ace through a simple point and click graphical user interface. 1File Size: 1MB

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